Most of Jiangxi belongs to the Yangtze River basin, and the Ganjiang River and other rivers are connected to the Yangtze River through Poyang Lake, forming a complete water network system, and the importance of water divisions is self-evident.

In order to support the Ganzhou campaign, most of the Qing army's naval divisions in Jiangxi were transferred to the southern Gannan region, which was mainly divided into four naval divisions.

The first water division was under the city of Ganzhou to assist the infantry in attacking the city, the second water division was north of Ganzhou to protect the supply line from Nanchang to the Ganzhou front, the third water division was in the water network area in the southeast of Ganzhou, and the fourth was this water division in Nankang County in case the Ming army sent reinforcements from Guangdong.

Since there were not too many transportation tasks, most of this naval division were warships, and among the four naval divisions of the Qing army, the total tonnage of the Zhangjiang naval division was not the largest, but its combat effectiveness was not bad at all.

On the handsome boat of the Ming army, Emperor Longwu, Wang Kefan and Shi Lang took turns passing a monocular to observe the movements of the Qing army's naval divisions.

Compared with the Ming army's sailors, the types of ships of the Qing army's sailors are much more complex, seven or eight kinds of large and small, some are smaller than the Ming army's sampan, and some belong to medium-sized ships, similar to the Ming army's long boat fast crab, but the most conspicuous are three large warships, including a five-hundred-material building ship, and two large fortune ships.

These three large warships looked like giants, surrounded by two or three hundred other warships, and they looked majestic. The large warships of the Ming army did not arrive, and it seemed that a group of soldiers was missing marshals and generals.

"General Shi, can you win this battle?" Emperor Longwu was a little worried.

"Bixia rest assured, the Zhangjiang River is shallow and narrow, and this big ship can't get around." Shi Lang was full of confidence.

Compared with the wide Ganjiang River, which brings together many tributaries, the volume of the Zhangjiang River is small, and large warships should always be careful of reefs and shoals. There were many restrictions on movement, and even if these Qing army sailors were familiar with the hydrological conditions here, they were still much more clumsy than the Ming army's fast crab boats.

Wang Kefan raised his binoculars and saw that the infantry of the Ming army had made all kinds of preparations and was about to launch an attack on the water village, and the Qing army's sailors were still staying near the water village, and the large and small ships did not move.

"Kill! Kill! ”

The Jiangxi soldiers on the shore suddenly burst into a burst of shouts and rushed towards the water village, but unexpectedly, they did not encounter any resistance. rushed all the way from the gate of Shuizhai to the bank of the Zhangjiang River, but did not encounter a single Qing soldier.

The Qing army had abandoned the water village, and all the officers and soldiers of the water division were on the boat, preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army on the water, and they stopped near the water village. Seeing that the Ming army rushed into the water village, they didn't let go of a single shot. Not a single shot. It's like it's none of your business.

"What are they doing, are they cowardice?" Emperor Longwu looked inexplicable.

"Not really. If I had been cowardly, I would have run away a long time ago...... Shi Lang, what's going on? ”

Wang Kefan didn't understand either, but what is certain is that the Qing army's sailors behaved calmly. There was no sign of panic. The Zhejiang soldiers who attacked the water village were close to them, but the Qing army sailors always ignored them, indicating that they had more important goals and did not want to entangle with the Ming infantry.

Speaking of water wars. I must ask Shi Lang this expert.

"They're waiting for the wind, and if the wind goes any further, it's going to rush over!" Shi Lang turned his face to look at the dragon flag on the bow of the boat, the dragon flag fluttered in the wind, and he could clearly see that the westerly wind was blowing on the river.

"Is the wind changing?"

Wang Kefan understood that the power of ships in this era came from sails and oars, and the wind direction was an extremely critical factor in water warfare.

"It's changing!"

Shi Lang had a light in his eyes, looking at the fleet of the Qing army for a while, and the dragon flag on the handsome boat for a while, his expression was focused and nervous, and his answer to Wang Kefan was very brief.

Wang Kefan didn't think it was ...... He really doesn't understand ancient water warfare, as long as Shi Lang can win the battle, it doesn't matter how bullish he is.

"Plop la la la la!"

The dragon flag on the bow of the ship jerked outward, and suddenly turned to the south wind.

"Woo! Woo! ”

A horn immediately sounded on the river, and the Qing army's sailors began to move, slowly approaching in the direction of the Ming army's sailors.

Wang Kefan and Emperor Longwu glanced at each other, and they both didn't understand - the Qing army's naval division was in the north, the Ming army's naval division was in the south, the Zhangjiang River flowed from south to north, and the Qing army was in a state of headwinds and waters, was this situation beneficial to them?

The Ming army was in a state of smooth sailing, and it seemed that the advantageous side was the one who could take advantage of the water and wind.

But Shi Lang didn't think so.

When the Qing army's naval division began to move, he immediately issued several orders, commanding the Ming army's fleet to rush to Xiangxia, and Emperor Longwu's handsome boat also moved with him.

Seeing that he was busy commanding, Wang Kefan didn't bother, and called a partial general of the water division to ask him about the reason.

"Returning to General Wang's words, smooth wind and water are taboos in water warfare, and going against the wind and water is the most advantageous ......"

The wind and water are smooth, although the warship is galloping like flying, but there is no advance or retreat, the route is single, the trajectory of the warship is easy to judge, the enemy can adjust the angle and direction of the warship, and seize the advantageous combat position in advance, and the two sailors have lost half of them before they have even fought.

More importantly, rushing forward with the wind and water will cause the formation of the entire fleet to be thin, which is not conducive to the warships covering each other, and the cannons on board will not be able to exert their power, and the slightest mistake will fall into the heavy encirclement of the enemy's fleet, and once the battle is lost, they will not even be able to run.

Against the wind and against the current, although the warship moves slowly, it is easy to turn, easy to control the rhythm of movement, the formation of the entire fleet can be adjusted at any time as needed, and the cannons on the ship can also give full play to their power.

"Makes sense." Wang Kefan nodded, it was just a small wind direction, and there was so much attention to it, it was really interlaced like a mountain, but in this case, wouldn't the Ming Army Sailor be dangerous?

"What if it's a headwind?" Emperor Longwu asked on the side.

"It's not bad to go with the wind and against the wind, it's better than going with the wind and against the water, but it's definitely not good to go with the wind and the water......," the general went on to explain.

"In that case, didn't Weishenme seize the downstream earlier?" Emperor Longwu didn't understand.

"The last general won't know this......"

As soon as the general was halfway through speaking, Shi Lang interjected: "Bixia, don't worry, Weichen intends to do this, to induce the Tartar sailor to fight." Our army's naval division is fast enough to seize the downstream. ”

Everyone looked up, and the sailors of the Ming army really moved quickly, hoisted their sails and oars, and rushed out all the way along the east bank of the Zhangjiang River, and rushed out for several miles in a blink of an eye, and had already reached the downstream side of the Qing army's sailors.

The fast crab and the long boat in Guangdong are the favorite ships of the pirates, and there has never been one in the interior, and these two ships move quickly. Flexible in direction and strong firepower, it is a sharp weapon in water warfare!

A long boat, sixteen people paddling, four people rocking. One helmsman, one prop penny. A Franc cannon was installed in the bow and stern of the ship. Equipped with four gunners.

A fast crab, twenty-eight people paddling, eight people rocking, one captain, one helmsman, one person holding the penny. A Franc cannon was installed in the bow and stern of the ship, with six gunners.

There are also knives and guns on the fast crab and longboat, but they are rarely used, and the main means of attack is the ship's artillery.

(Gang-jumping is to grab the other party's boat.) If the water battle develops to the stage of gang jumping, it means that the enemy ship has been controlled, and basically loses its maneuverability and combat effectiveness, so when the two fleets are fighting, few people give up their ships to jump to the gang, and they do not need swords and guns. ）

The Qing army's naval division obviously had never seen fast crabs and long boats, and underestimated the mobility of the Ming army's naval division, and was grabbed downstream by the Ming army, and immediately put itself in a passive position, and quickly changed direction to adjust the formation, wanting to widen the distance between it and the Ming fleet.

How could Shi Lang let them get their wish!

He patiently waited for the south wind to lure the Qing fleet to move violently, just for this opportunity, since the Qing army had entered the trap, don't think about running!

"Tell Luo Mingshou to hit the Tartar ship first!"

Shi Lang shouted, the herald waved the order flag again and again, the Ming army sailors were all pirates, and there were flags used for communication, under the command of Shi Lang, the pirate leader Luo Mingshou divided the fleet into three groups and rushed towards the three big ships of the Qing army.

It's closer, it's getting closer!

Got into the range of artillery!

Fire!

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

Plumes of smoke suddenly rose from the river, and artillery on both sides began to fire at each other.

At this time, it was seen that the benefits of going against the current, the ships of the Qing army moved too fast, the artillery needed to turn back and forth, and the firing frequency was significantly lower than that of the Ming army.

Fufune gets shot!

Lou ship shot!

Lou Boat and Fu Boat were dragged behind just now, and were suddenly outflanked by the Ming Army's sailors, but they stood out in front alone, losing the protection of other small boats, and the huge hull became the most Haode target, and was hit by the Ming Army's four-pounder and six-pounder guns one after another, and the solid cannonballs with huge kinetic energy exploded pieces of debris on the wooden hull.

The other ships of the Qing army rushed up desperately, trying to protect the three large ships, the small net shuttle boats, the eagle boats, and the Cangshan boats, and the medium-sized Haicang boats, and fired at the Ming ships with guns and artillery, but their firepower was much weaker than the fast crab boats equipped with Fran machine guns.

Both the net shuttle boat and the eagle boat only have firearms, and each ship has no more than ten people on it, which is an ultra-small ship, and before it enters the range of the firearms, it is often hit by the artillery of the Ming army, and the ship is destroyed and killed.

Both the Cangshan and Haicang ships were equipped with Fran cannons, but their hulls were too tall and slow-moving, like clumsy ducks compared to the fast-crab longboats that turned nimbly.

"Tom!"

The crab opened fire, and the huge recoil pushed the hull backwards, and the experienced helmsman took advantage of the situation to turn, and immediately avoided the angle of the enemy ship's artillery, and the stern gun took advantage of the situation to fire, and the cannonball hit the Qing army's lucky boat.

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The Battle of Ganzhou was a life-and-death battle for the Nanming regime, the battle lasted for about half a year, because the opponent was only Jin Shenghuan's puppet army, Nanming had a chance to win, but unfortunately did not seize it.

The first reason for the failure of the Battle of Ganzhou was because Emperor Longwu hung up in Tingzhou.

The Ming army that participated in the Battle of Ganzhou was basically the troops of Emperor Longwu, and Emperor Longwu died suddenly, and this army became a plate of scattered sand, and morale dropped to freezing point.

The second reason for the failure of the Ganzhou campaign was because of Wan Yuanji's improper command.

Wan Yuanji's first mistake was to wait for the Guangdong pirate Luo Mingshou to die, wanting to use his large warship to ensure victory, and did not fight the Qing army in time.

When Luo Mingshou's large warship was transported to Zhangjiang with great difficulty, Jin Shenghuan's main force had been deployed, just waiting for the reinforcements of the Ming army to touch the stone, Luo Mingshou's pirate troops were attacked by the Qing army at night, more than 80 large warships were all burned down, and after losing the naval division, the Ming army was unable to win, and Wan Yuan Ji regretted it.

Wan Yuanji's second mistake was to disperse the reinforcements of the Ming army, not to concentrate the use of troops, giving the Qing army a chance to break through, the Qing army first defeated the Guangdong soldier Yizhen, and then defeated the Yunnan soldier Zhao Yinxuan, at this time Emperor Longwu died again, and the other Ming troops scattered in a hurry, all ran out, and Ganzhou was soon lost. (To be continued......)